Wide-field ground-based astrophoto of the Veil Nebula
A wide-field image of the Veil Nebula, made as a colour composite from individual exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is 4.2 x 4.4 degrees.
Credit:NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: J. Hester (Arizona State University) and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
Id: | heic0712g |
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Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 31 July 2007, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0712 |
Size: | 13344 x 13720 px |
About the Object
Name: | Cygnus Loop, NGC 6960, Veil Nebula |
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Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Supernova Remnant |
Distance: | 1500 light years |
Constellation: | Cygnus |
Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
77.2 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
40.5 MB
Publication JPEG
11.1 MB
Screensize JPEG
847.4 KB
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 20 51 28.07 |
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Position (Dec): | 30° 29' 20.03" |
Field of view: | 223.95 x 230.26 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.8° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical Oiii | 502 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical B | DSS | |
Optical Sii | 673 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical H-alpha | 656 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical R | DSS |